EMU splits pair with Juniata
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The Eastern Mennonite baseball team continued their play at the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational on Tuesday and split a pair of seven-inning games with Juniata College.
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VMI baseball loses to W&M, 6-2
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Jay McCarthy pitched seven shutout innings for William & Mary, helping the visiting Tribe to a 6-2 win over the VMI Keydets Tuesday night at Gray-Minor Stadium. McCarthy (1-1) gave up three hits and did not walk a batter over his seven frames, earning his first win of the season for W&M (8-5). Andrew Montague…
Shenandoah National Park focus of Historical Society’s Spring Meeting
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Martha Bogle, superintendent of Shenandoah National Park, will lead the Augusta County Historical Society’s spring meeting in considering the history and future of the park, which celebrated its 75th Anniversary last year. Her talk, “Shenandoah National Park: 75 Historic Years & Growing,” is Sunday, March 18, at 3 p.m. at Wilson Memorial High School, Fishersville….
JMU falls to UNC-W in CAA Tourney
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Cedric Williams scored a career-high 22 points, and Keith Rendlemen added 14 as the duo powered ninth-seeded UNCW past eighth-seeded James Madison, 70-59, in the opening game of the 2012 Virginia 529 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship. UNCW (10-20) notched its first victory in the conference championship since 2008 and advances to Saturday’s quarterfinals against top-seeded…
Bridgewater College March 2012 events
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Tuesday, March 13 7:30 p.m., Debate, Cole Hall, Bridgewater College Topic: “The American Way of Higher Education – Does It Need Reforming?” Debators: Claudia Dreifus and Richard Hersh – Dreifus is a veteran New York Times reporter, academic and co-author of Higher Education? Hersh has served as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and…
VMI upsets Winthrop, advances to Big South title game
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The #7 VMI Keydets shot 53.2 percent from the field, including a perfect 6 of 6 from D.J. Covington, and advanced to the Championship Game of the 2012 Advance Auto Parts Big South Basketball Championship by defeating the #6 Winthrop Eagles, 75-55, Thursday night in Asheville, N.C. Covington matched a season-high with 16 points, while…
Senate passes watered-down ultrasound bill
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The State Senate voted 21-19 on Tuesday to pass an amended version of legislation mandating that women seeking abortions in Virginia first undergo an otherwise medically unnecessary ultrasound procedure. Critics called the original version of the legislation, which had mandated an invasive transvaginal ultrasound be performed, “state rape.” State Sen. Janet Howell, D-Fairfax, called the…
Moorer, Franklin earn All-ACC accolades
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Virginia guard Ariana Moorer (Woodbridge, Va.) and Ataira Franklin (Bowie, Md.) earned All-ACC honors, the conference announced on Tuesday (Feb. 27). Moorer was named to the second team, while Franklin garnered honorable mention recognition. Moorer, a senior, is the Cavaliers’ active career scoring leader with 1,194 points over her four-year career. She is UVa’s leading…
One Book, One Community kickoff
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Following the success of the past four years’ Big Read initiatives, the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge, together with the Staunton Public Library, the Augusta County Library, and the Waynesboro Public Library, have joined together to bring One Book One Community into fruition. The novel of choice is Clyde Edgerton’s best-selling book, Walking…
EMU offense puts on show in sweep of Southern Vermont
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It was a cold and windy day Saturday, but the bats were hot as the Eastern Mennonite baseball men swept a doubleheader from Southern Vermont in Harrisonburg. The two will play one more game Sunday afternoon.
